Improvement in bracelets



. F. LIOHTENFELS. Bracelet.

No. 197,937. Patented Dec. 11,1877.-

NJFETERS, PKDTO-LITMOGRAPREF. WASHINGTOI. D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRIEDRICH LIOHTENFELS, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN BRACELETSr Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 197,937, dated December 11,1877 application filed October 24,1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Fnrnnnron LIOHTEN- FELS, of Newark, in the county of Essex, State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bracelets, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accompanying drawings, in which t Figure 1 is a side or edge view, and Fig. 2 is a plan.

The object of my invention is to provide a shield for the lockjoint of a bracelet that, covering the Whole width of the bracelet, shall guard the joint, keeping the joining ends firm, prevent the bracelet from unclasping, keep out the. dirt, and contribute an added element of ornamentation.

The bracelet B, at the joint A, is covered with a clasp, O, which is jointed to one section or half, and made to cover the Whole of the joint by closing down upon the end of the other section, Where it is caught and held by a catch or look, D. This catch may be-variously made, to suit the taste of the manufacturer.

This clasp O is made in a recess, having the edges turned over to cover the edges of the bracelet joint, so that the clasp not only covers the front of the joint, but the edges also, and these side strips serve as an additlOllEtl feature of protection and embellishment.

Therefore, what I claim is not, broadly, a clasp covering the braceletcatch; but

What I desire to secure by Letters Patent 1s The bracelet B, having the clasp G, covering the front and edges of the joint A, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

FRIEDRICH LIOHTENFELS. Witnesses:

HORACE HARRIS, JoHN O. TUNBRIDGE. 

